Railway-tie.



Patented Sept. 1913.

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Jatenten Sept. 23, i913.

toptien tien. tiled January 30, 3,913. Serial No. 745,270.'

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wwf-fitti wnitw Livetttldll tutti o new and nse'tnl f niniroveinents injraiti var ties :ind habl for iml ohieet to provide n orifice olf this; eternaet'er whieh inny lie prednned t'roln Snitalde metal neh as steel. simple in ,onstrnt-tioin relntivelif' inexpensive in the oost ot' niente inetto-o?. nltlnnngh streitig and dn 'able ...linlther ohjeetot the invention "is to so eoinliinethe pnrtii whioh ere need in inni@ ine the thu thnt the ri iles may have certain inovenrente` with relation thereto, mereornine the rieidity nentnfally tonnd in this a oli tiefe` il.. i-itill itnrtihtn' ohietty of the invention 'to preriiile menne lor readily find nnielfly lening` the rnils to the tien.

. noti er I uns for preventing the 'eil 'testen trom heeoinine' detached, which llnlSo :teli as t the tie 'tromsalippine; either lore i erselin' t'li ti e i in View thin invention :i n the details o't' eonetrnetion :nid ernnliination oil` elennrnts hereinafter set Llfoitiii :ind then ttiieeitlen'lljY designated hy the oi e that: those skilled in the art to wl ,la t in Vinvent'wn nppertnin nnrv undert howto nndte und use thesnine, l will :l title itel construction in detnils referring;

"itl li' nenne-nl to the :nzcoinpnnyine d'awing :t porty of this speeifiation, in

'ii-i nn edge view o l` a tie nitide in ltlifnre l, aemndniiee' with iny nnprovennltnt Showing' n pnir ot railsnttnehml therett'i. Fie. 2, a den View ot two adginoenti tien, one ol thein lnzvinnj the init, and loolt ren'ioved Yfront one endl, :1nd ein'. Il* is an enlarged lonnitndinnl neetion view through one end ol 'the tie.

to ln ent-tiring ont/my invention as here en1- hotlied, i?. represente the hotly of the tie which inni7 he made in any desired length nntlehape preferably reetnngnlnrly and it toned desi "dile, the central' portion thereof 5 may he renneed thinner as at 3, than the end portions "-1-, thus saving eonsideralile )ieet' fot the invention is to pro tie holding' devine 'lieine held in plaee nietnl. prodneing' a nnieh ehaper tie :ind nialnnel it light. in weight so that it muy he rendilv handled.

Adjaeent eaeh end et the tie. the bod)v is,

onder ent as at 5, toi-loing a projeetion 6, havin;Y a heveled under l'aee T. which correnpondri to the nhnpe oli the upper face of .the rail linee and from this under ent portion extends an opening` 8 for the reception o!E the holding plate t. havingI a projection lt) whose nnder laeeis heveled to Corre pond with the ehnpe ol the upper 'hice of the rnil hase as at 1l., ln the holding plate is loi'ined an open ended' slot lL, and when-- unid plate is mounted vnpon the tie.` said slot nlines with a portion ol the elongated opening;l ll formed in the hodv of the tie. The rnilal l-l nre mounted upon the tie wit-h one side ol their lmse lying hen nth the, pro-` jeetionl t3, nt'ter which the holding plate t), is plaeed in the opening S with its projection l() over-lying the opposite side oil the ruil, linee, it holt, prelerahlyv [laisses np i'ard through the elongated opening: lnnd into the slot l2 havingn nnt 1.o threaded thereon and engaging the holding plate for fastening said holding' plate in position.

`When the nnt. to is loosened, the bolt is permitted to slide in the elongated opening 13 and when moved to the' innermost end oli' said elongatetfl open: the holdingr platte muy he rendily ren1o\ ed. \t'ter the holding' plate has heen placed in position, the holt in moved toward the end ot the tie ennsing it to enter the openended slot l2 und liv thrndinkel` the nnt npon said bolt, the holding.;l platewill he tnstened to the tie.

the holding; plate to heeonie loonened. i

provide a spike 'li' whit:h passes through the -elongated opening; 13 and is ot sntleientthiekness to also enter a portion ot the open ended slot 12 when the spike 1T is 1n place, it enters the `sfronnd hen x:1th the tte 'und prevents any nlovelnent o' snid tie.

1S denote 4 n fish plate. one ol whieh is: plat-ed on eat-h side ol: the rails at a joint hv snitahle holt 1t) pnnsing throngh the [ish plnte and the weh ol the rails and having thrended thereon the nuto Lit). When the tsh plates nre in po, iti0n` their npper edewV rest n ninst the nnder inrlnee v ol' the ruil hend` while their lower edges rest npon the projeetion l t'i :1nd ltl.

Of course, I do not Wish to be limited to the exact. details of construction as here shown as these may be lvaried Within the limits of the appended claims Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is- A' tie consisting of a body having a reduced central portion, the body of said tie being under-cut adjacent each end to form inwardly extending projections,` 'the under faces of which are beveled, said body also having an opening leading from the underc ut portion, the body also having elongated openings formed therein, holding plates,

each having an open ended slot, mounted in said openings, an integral projection formed with each of said holding plates, theA under faces of which are beveled, a boltthrough the elongated openings and lie in a portion ,of the open ended slots for pre- -venting the accidental displacement'of the bolts, said spikes adapted to enter the ground and prevent movement of the tie.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of tivo subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE S. MYERS.

Vitnesses:

CHARLES `W. ALBERT, EMANUEL G. KoLB. 

